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I can only think of this procedure as a last resort in trying to restore the full capacity of the HDD - running Atola's HDD Capacity Restore Tool.

You have to take out your HDD from the laptop, hook it up as a secondary drive on a desktop running 32 bit Windows - repeat 32 bit Windows ( will not work with 64bit Windows) and run the tool.

When you run the tool, it will show you the reported capacity, and the factory capacity. In your case if the reported capacity is 148.93GB and the Factory capacity is 465GB or around, then just click on the " Restore Capacity" tab.

It is recommended that you " re-power your computer before running this tool. That means, completely power off your computer; then power on, start Windows and run the tool."

After the program finishes working (3—20 seconds), you will need to power off your PC, then wait 10—20 seconds and then power on.

Warning by the author, Atola Technology : Warning: you are doing this at your own risk!

Your last post said " How to recover data?" Please note that we are not recovering any data. We are only restoring the HDD's full capacity.

My 500gb C Drive is only allowing 143gb to be used.

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Is there an ICH6R Update Compatibile w/ a 500GB Drive?Need a WDC RE3 SATA Driver for a DC7100 and a Win7 ICH6R Controller Compatibility Issue
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I'm trying to install a Western Digital RE3 500GB SATA Drive on to the System but the Latest Version 2.15A of the 786C1 Bios is listing the drive at 0.0 MB and Win7 doesn't see the drive at...